What Do You Do With Your Fry?

[ananda1]

I'm curious...

What do y'all do with all those fry?

edit... crud... thought there'd be a "multiple choices allowed" option.

Okay, what do you MOST OFTEN do with all your fry?

 

[Annastasia]

I go for the ever so dangerous...survival of the fittest in the tank they are in. There are two exceptions though...my Fancy/Feeder fry, and my Variatus Platy fry. Those I raise, and the ones I like I keep and the others I ususally give to my LFS, or sell to my LFS. I have a few empty 30g sitting around, so I might start raising some Maculatus Platy fry soon.

 

[lb05]

Have only had the pleasure of 1 baby mollie fry 'so far'

Which I shall be keeping and raising! Is currently in a floating hatchery in my main tank!

So, so cute!

But should in the future there be a case of LOADS and LOADS at anyone time I would have to sell them to the local lfs - that's if they make it through not being eaten by another fish!

 

[zoeae]

So far I only have 7 fry, and they are being raised seprately from the adults. I am not exactly sure which option to choose since I have not had any others. I may just keep them all. Depends since now I have no adult male only females.

 

[!Gina]

I'm new to fishkeeping myself and my guppy has just had 3 fry, at the moment they're in a segregation tank and are only 1 week old, I've already bought a seperate 5 gal tank for them to grow in and afterwards i'll give them to my local pet shop.

 

[Miss Dib Dabs]

For my livebearers I usually do survival of the fittest/smartest. Apart from anything it's almost impossible to rescue them in my 55g. And some do survive. I have one that is a few months old. She's swims with all the rest now despite being alot smaller still. I did recently save about a dozen tho as I suspected some were from my favourite platie and the others from an endler. Looks like I was right endler wise as they're just beginning to show faint colouring. They'll eventually be allowed to join the rest of the fish but for now are in a breeders net in the main tank.
Hugs,
P.

 

[dwarfgourami]

Where is the box for "nag your family for a bigger tank"?

Well, actually I do survival of the fittest, it's just that 25 of them have proved fit so far....

 

[Monte20]

I found a kick {butt} LFS that knows im no longer a layman when it comes to fish. especially mollies. they are good to me when i need stuff and dont give me any BS to make a sell. consequently, we have arranged for me to supply them with fry for credit or supplies. each fish gives a different amount depending on color sex and size. the minimum we have worked out is 70 cents. and that adds up. i have just bought a tank specifically for fry to grow. only thing in that tank will be 2 corys and the fry. its a great hobby within a hobby,


EDIT: at last count i had 124 fry between 2 females. talk about a pain to separate. the females gave birth within 3 weeks of each other. i had the last 2 females in a breeder before they gave birth (lesson learned from the 1st female). how did i count the fry you ask? 3 seperate breeders, and i took pics of each. i counted from the pics.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Leave them in the tank. Theres more than enough hiding places, Although when they get big enough it might be Ebay for them . Just need to think up an imaginative description

 

[smooth_bourbon]

I use my endler fry, as well as my friends platy fry, as snack food for my Oscar/Jack Dempsey/Red Fire Eel.

 

[ananda1]

I did a couple of things...
In the brackish tank, my knight gobies ate very, very well.
In the planted tank, the bigger mollies ate quite well.
On occaision, when I suddenly had lots of fry at once, I would make a trip and bring them to a woman who raised and bred seahorses. I got some dry goods and some marine shrimp out of the deal, and we got to visit her veritable zoo of critters.

 

[imouse]

I sell my male Endler fry to my lfs @ 50p each where they offer them (after quarantine) @ £2.25. Female Endler fry make me 30p each
I sell my Endler/Guppy hybrids to same lfs @ 75p for the males and they are sold @ £3. These are sold with the understanding that they are sterile hybrids and cannot be bred from. The hybrid females go for same as Endler females.
I have had an ongoing 'savings' account with them for the last 2 years and have just walked away with a brand new Rio 180 from the proceeds of nature B)

I have stated to them that if the demand for the hybrids diminishes, i will no longer breed them.
I have been instore many a time when a customer has asked where these stuning fish come from (the hybrids) and they always reply with 'specialist breeder' and inform them that they are sterile.



mouse (specialist breeder )

 

[fawnmodel]

hmm.. NONE of the above - kept them.

 

[SnowyzMom]

Yes, this was a difficult poll to answer, I could have ticked several answers. I have donated fry and spare female guppies to our local LFS, but not since she just started giving them away to kids for free---um no thank you! I have let it be survival of the fittest, which I see currently means I've got at least 8 more good sized fry in the large tank...ARGH, like that needs more fish in it. I have also netted the tiniest ones and given them 2 or 3 at a time to my Bettas. They love chasing them/hunting them and it sure gives them exercise. My new Betta has much shorter finnage so he can still swim decently and catch them. It really brightens up his life as he's alone in his 5 gallon.

I've got one guppy fry that's been half black since birth and looks 3/4 black now. I can't WAIT for that one to grow abit more. I think my fav female guppies are the half blacks with blue fins. Gorgeous! I have two fancy males that really do have trouble swimming with their long tails, they tend to wiggle more than swim. Poor guys.

 

[TF Keeper UK]

When I started out, I kept my molly and guppy fry. Now I give them away to a fellow fish keepers and let nature take it's course.

Del